Install Linked Report Generator

FineBuild can install and configure Linked Report Generator (RSLinkGen) as part of the SQL Server install process. If you do not want to include Linked Report Generator in your FineBuild install, then do not download it.

Linked Report Generator is written by Jasper Smith, a SQL Server MVP. It was chosen to be included in FineBuild because it enables automatic generation of linked reports to any number of Reporting Services folders based on a single base report.

The original web site that hosted Linked Report Generator is no longer available and a copy captured by Web Archive is used below.

FineBuild Linked Report Generator Install

Automated silent installation of Linked Report Generator is performed by Process Id
4RC and is controlled by the parameters below:

Install Parameter

Build

SQL2005

SQL2008

SQL2008 R2

SQL2012

SQL2014

SetupRSLinkGen

FULL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

No

No

No

No

No

SetupRSLinkGen

WORKSTATION

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupRSLinkGen

CLIENT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SetupSQLTools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

In order to maintain compatibility with older versions of SQL FineBuild, the parameters
InstRSLinkGen and InstSQLTools can also be used.

FineBuild also uses the following parameters to help install Linked Report Generator:

Parameter

Default Value

Description

RSLinkGenZip

RSLinkGen.zip

Name of file holding Linked Report Generator install media

Linked Report Generator will be installed with CLIENT and WORKSTATION builds, but not with a
FULL build.
If you want to install it with a FULL build, the following parameter should be added at run time:

/SetupSQLTools:Yes

Linked Report Generator cannot be installed by FineBuild on a Windows Core operating system because it is supplied in zip file format.

The FineBuild install for Linked Report Generator includes the following:

Perform a Linked Report Generator install

Add Linked Report Generator to the Reporting Services menu.

Manual Linked Report Generator Install

The following steps show what you would have to do to install Linked Report Generator manually. FineBuild does all of this work for you automatically.

Install Linked Report Generator

1) Navigate to the Additional Components folder. Right-click on RSLinkgen.zip and select
Extract All